Dave Brown

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameDavid Preston "Dave"•Brown
Used nameDave•Brown
Born16 May 1928 in Walnut Creek, California (USA)
Died14 August 2004 in Talent, Oregon (USA)
AffiliationsCalifornia Golden Bears, Berkeley (USA)
NOC United States
Medals OG
Gold 1
Silver 0
Bronze 0
Total 1

Biography

In 1947, Dave Brown was on the junior varsity boat for Cal which won the junior varsity race at the IRAs in Poughkeepsie. After losing the 1948 IRA varsity race to Washington, his boat came back to defeat the Huskies at the Olympic Trials and went on to win the Olympics quite easily. After earning an associate’s degree from Cal, Brown finished up at Stanford and then attended med school at Palo Alto. He later became a practicing physician, specializing in family and emergency medicine.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1948 Summer Olympics Rowing USA Dave Brown
Eights, Men (Olympic) United States 1 Gold